That ‘no’ you’re terrified to say? As someone who recovered from corporate burnout, I’ve learned how to say no without guilt—but first, I had to unravel why it felt like betrayal. Here’s what worked when my hands shook hitting ‘Send.’ After my burnout, I realized: We don’t fail at boundaries because we’re weak. We fail […]

The Lie I Believed If you’re reading this, you likely know the ache of believing your value lives in your output. Maybe you’re here to rebuild self-worth after corporate burnout—to unlearn the lie that exhaustion equals dedication. “Even when exhausted, even when burned out…‘The company is family.’‘We help family.’‘Others are still going—you should too.’” I

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